"The devil is in the details" is a familiar motto when it comes to legal drafting. Too many times attorneys make seemingly innocuous edits, such as "including but not limited to…" in contracts, or are not mindful of their time entries in terms of a client's potential future claims for cost reimbursement.

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Cindy J. Karlson is of counsel at the Bohonnon Law Firm in New Haven, where her practice is in environmental and land use law, and includes compliance counseling, transactional work, administrative matters and litigation.